When to apply?
Application portal opens:
For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland: 15 November, 23:59 CET
For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA or Switzerland: 16 January, 23:59 CET
Application deadline:
For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland: 15 January, 23:59 CET
For citizens from a country within the EU/EEA or Switzerland: 1 March, 23:59 CET
We do not accept applications after the application deadline.
Admission statistics from 2025
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme in Global Forestry
| Applicants | 385 |
| Admitted | 22 |
| Age average | 25 |
| Legal gender distribution (m/f) | 18%/82% |
| Nationality (EU/non-EU) | 54%/46% |
How to apply?
You must create an application in the application portal and upload all required and relevant documentation. This is the only way you can apply for admission.
Application fee, tuition fees and scholarships
There is no application fee when applying for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) in Global Forestry (GLOFOR), or for any of the other EMJM programmes at UCPH.
Please note that an application fee is required when applying for any of the other MSc programmes at UCPH.
Citizens from EU/EEA or Switzerland: do not pay tuition fees for the 2-year programme
Citizens from outside EU/EEA or Switzerland: are required to pay tuition fees for the 2-year programme
If you apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship and get selected for the scholarship, you will be granted a tuition fee waiver.
You can read more about tuition fees here.
When you apply for admission to Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) in Global Forestry (GLOFOR), you will be asked if you also wish to apply for the Erasmus Mundus scholarship.
You can read more about the scholarships here.
Apply for admission in the application portal
Click the red button to enter the application portal
You are allowed to submit a maximum of 3 applications to study programmes across all faculties at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) for the same intake. Any additional applications will be cancelled by the MSc Admissions office at UCPH.
There is no limit to the number of Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programmes you can apply across universities.
Once you have applied for admission, you will receive updates and messages from the University of Copenhagen in the application portal. When you receive a message in the application portal, a notification will be sent to the email you have registered in your application. Please note that emails from the application portal may end up in your spam filter.
We recommend that you do not use your student email when creating your application as some universities terminate student accounts once a student has completed their degree.
• Use Firefox or Google Chrome as your browser when creating, submitting and accessing your
application.
• Read the user guide for the application portal when filling out your application.
• Read the FAQ where you can find answers to the most common questions concerning the
application portal.
• Contact UCPH Study Guidance if you cannot find the answers, you are looking for in the FAQ.
• Contact UCPH IT if you have technical problems.
You will receive all information regarding your application in the application portal.
If you fulfill the admission requirements and there are places available on the master’s programme, we will send you an offer of admission. You will receive only 1 offer of admission. It will be for the MSc programme that ranks highest on your priority list and for which we are able to offer you admission.
If you do not fulfil the admissions requirements, we will send you a message through the application portal.
We will be offering admission ongoing from
• late-February until mid-March, for citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland
• mid-May until mid-June, for citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland
You must check the application portal regularly during this period.
Accept your offer of admission within 5 days
You need to actively accept the offer of admission within 5 days of receiving the message in the application portal. If you do not accept the offer by the deadline, you will lose your place in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s (EMJM) programme in Global Forestry (GloFor) as it will be offered to another applicant.
Your offer of admission is conditional and will include a list of conditions you must meet in order to obtain full admission, e.g., acceptance of the offer of admission or certified documentation for a completed bachelor’s degree. We will inform you of the deadlines and how to meet the conditions in the offer of admission.
Check your email and the application portal regularly
When you receive a message in the application portal, a notification will be sent to the email you have registered in your application. Please note that emails from the application portal may end up in your spam filter.
We highly recommend that you check the status of your application regularly in the application portal, so you do not miss any important information.
Appeal against the result of your application
You may submit an appeal regarding legal issues such as legal errors and irregularities if you find that the decision does not comply with Danish legislation. You cannot file an appeal against the assessment of your academic qualifications made by the assessment committee. An appeal shall be submitted within two-weeks of receiving the result to the University of Copenhagen to admissions@ku.dk
An appeal on grounds of legal matters must be made in writing, and you must state exactly on which grounds you believe that the decision is not in compliance with the applicable legislation. The appeal regulations can be found in paragraph 51 of Ministerial Order no. 51. The Ministerial Order can be found here: Adgangsbekendtgørelsen (retsinformation.dk)
Collect documentation for your application
As part of your application, you must submit all required documentation. If you want to be considered for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, you must also submit all required documentation for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
All documentation must be in English.
Get help with your application
UCPH Study Guidance is ready to help you with your application. You can join our online Q&A’s about the admission and application process, call us or send us an email.
Required documentation
You must upload an official transcript of grades for the qualifying bachelor’s degree you have completed or are currently enrolled in. You can only choose 1 degree as qualifying in your application.
The transcript must include:
• Your full name
• Title of your degree
• Credits/ECTS/Hours of study
• Date of completion (if you have graduated)
• An official stamp/watermark
• A signature from your university/educational institution
If your transcript does not include Credits/ECTS/Hours of study, the courses must instead include the date of completion or the term in which it was completed.
If your transcript does not include the stamp and signature, we must be able to verify the transcript online via a link, QR code, digital signature or similar. Ask your educational institution whether it is possible.
If the transcript is in a language other than English
We only accept an official English translation from your educational institution or an authorized translator. It must include an official stamp and signature, online verification link, QR code, digital signature or similar.
The deadline for uploading your transcript of grades is
• For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 15 January, 23:59 CET
• For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 1 March, 23:59 CET
You must describe how you fulfil the programme’s admission requirements by filling out a self-assessment form. This is only relevant if your bachelor’s degree does not automatically fulfil the academic requirements.
Learn more about the admission requirements here.
If you do not upload a correct self-assessment form, your application may be rejected.
Please note that there are individual self-assessment forms for each MSc programme at the Faculty of SCIENCE.
What is a self-assessment?
The self-assessment form is an overview of the academic admission requirements of the MSc programme you are applying for. You must fill out the form with the courses and projects from your bachelor’s degree that cover these academic admission requirements.
You can include both completed courses and projects and those you expect to complete as part of your bachelor’s degree. If you include projects in your self-assessment form, please include a description of the project.
If you have passed courses or projects before you complete the qualifying bachelor’s degree, these can be included, even though they are not part of the bachelor’s degree programme.
It applies to courses/projects you have taken as single subjects and courses/projects you have taken as part of another study programme.
A maximum of 30 ECTS credits of these courses/projects may be included.
How to fill out the self-assessment form:
You must download the programme’s self-assessment form and follow these 3 steps when completing your self-assessment form:
1. Fill in your courses that cover the academic admission requirements of the programme
2. Save the file as an Excel file and name it: [Your name]_Self-assessment
3. Upload the Excel file to your application.
The course titles in the self-assessment must correspond to the course titles in your official transcript.
Please include all relevant courses and projects that fulfill the admission requirements, even if doing so results in exceeding the required ECTS credits.
You cannot list the same course twice
Please note that 1 course can only be used to cover 1 admission requirement unless you use the course to cover general admission requirements such as e.g., 30 ECTS of lab exercises or 60 ECTS within the field of natural sciences.
If you have a course that covers 2 admission requirements, e.g. the course Mathematics and Statistics of 15 ECTS, you are allowed to split the credits in 7.5 Mathematics and 7.5. Statistics if it is very clear in the course description that both subjects have been covered equally in the course.
Why you need to fill out the self-assessment form
The admission committee will use your self-assessment to assess if you are qualified for admission. If you do not upload the correct self-assessment form, the admission committee cannot assess your qualifications, and your application may be rejected.
If you need help to fill out the self-assessment
There is a guide in the self-assessment form on the right side of the document. This guide helps you decide which courses to include and answers the most frequently asked questions.
If your educational institution does not use the ECTS credit system
Read about how you can convert your educational institution’s credit system to the ECTS credit system.
The deadline for uploading your self-assessment is
• For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 15 January, 23:59 CET
• For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 1 March, 23:59 CET
This document is only relevant if your bachelor’s degree does not automatically fulfill the academic requirements. Learn more about the admission requirements here.
You must download and use this Course Description Form.
It is mandatory to use the form.
What courses do I include?
You must include the descriptions of courses and projects included in your self-assessment form.
If you include courses or projects that are yet to be completed, please indicate this by writing ‘not yet completed’ after the course/subject title and write the date you expect to complete the course/project in ‘Date of completion’.
What should the course description include?
The course descriptions must include:
the title of the course
all topics covered in the course
the date of completion
hours of lectures OR credits (e.g., ECTS)
What if I do not know the specific date of completion?
If you do not know the specific date, please indicate when you expect to have completed the course or project, for example the semester or year.
What language should the course descriptions be in?
The course descriptions must be in English. We also accept course descriptions that you have translated yourself.
How do I upload the course descriptions?
The course description form must be saved as a PDF and uploaded to your application in the Application Portal. Please save the file with the following title: [Your name]_Course_Descriptions
If you need to fill out more than one of our forms, you should number each file in the following way:
[Your name]_CourseDescriptions_1
[Your name]_CourseDescriptions_2,
And so on
The deadline for uploading your course descriptions is
• For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 15 January, 23:59 CET
• For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 1 March, 23:59 CET
You must upload an updated version of your CV including a chronological overview of your academic history. You must use a Europass template.
If you wish to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, we recommend that you also include relevant work experience.
A photo is not necessary.
The deadline for uploading your CV is
• For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 15 January, 23:59 CET
• For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 1 March, 23:59 CET
We use your grade point average (GPA) as a selection criterion when we receive more applications than available spots on the programme.
You must enter the number of your national GPA in the application portal.
If your transcript does not include a national GPA, please enter a “0” in the application portal.
Please note, that you/we cannot alter your national GPA in the application portal after you have submitted your application.
You must upload documentation that you fulfil the requirement of English language proficiency. If you cannot provide the documentation within the deadline, your application will be rejected.
We only accept certain types of documentation/language tests. Please find the specific information on how to fulfil the language requirement.
The deadline for uploading your documentation for English language proficiency is
• For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 15 January, 23:59 CET
• For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 1 March, 23:59 CET
You must upload a copy or scan of your valid passport/national identification document (ID)
If you do not have a passport or a national ID, you must upload a statement of when you expect to receive it. A driver’s license is not sufficient and will not be accepted.
Your passport/national ID must be in English and include the following:
• Photo
• Your full name
• Date of birth
• Nationality
• Expiration date
The deadline to upload your copy or scan of passport or national ID is
• 31 August, 23:59 CET
If you have more than 1 citizenship
If you have more than one passport (citizenship), please upload the passport you will use to travel to Europe.
You must upload proof of your current residence to confirm your eligibility for admission and for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
You must download and use our ‘Proof of Residence Form’ as documentation of your current residence. The document must be newly issued issued- no earlier than 8 weeks before the application deadline, written in English and must include:
1. Your full name
2. Your date of birth
3. Your current residential address (including street name, house number, postal code, city and country of residence)
4. Date of issue
5. Stamp and signature from an official institution.
An official institution can be your:
– Municipality, region or state
– Current place of work
– Current place of study or training.
NB: A PO Box (Post Office Box) is not acceptable. Country, Region, City without postal address is not sufficient. Street name and house number (or alternatively a detailed description of residential location) are required.
If you cannot provide a stamp and signature, we must be able to verify your proof of residence digitally/online via a link, QR code, digital signature or similar.
If you do not submit your proof of current residence document, your application will be rejected.
The deadline for uploading your proof of residence is
• For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 15 January, 23:59 CET
• For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 1 March, 23:59 CET
The deadline will not be extended.
If you are offered admission, you must document that you have completed your qualifying bachelor’s degree no later than 20 September.
We can receive your diploma in 3 following ways
1) Send us a copy of your bachelor’s diploma by email
Send the copy to admissions@ku.dk It is important you send it from the email you have registered in the application portal. The copy can be either a PDF or a photo of your official diploma.
The document must include:
• Your full name
• Date of birth
• Title of your degree
• Date of completion – even if you have not yet formally graduated
• An official stamp
• A signature from your educational institution.
If your diploma does not include the stamp and signature, we must be able to verify the diploma online via a link, QR code, digital signature or similar. Ask your educational institution whether it is possible.
If your last ECTS/credits are given at the graduation ceremony, you must wait until they have been registered.
If the diploma is in a language other than English
We only accept an official English translation from your educational institution or an authorized translator. It must include an official stamp and signature.
2) Ask your university to confirm your degree completion by emailing us
The email must be sent from an official, verifiable university administration email. Send the email directly to admissions@ku.dk
The email must be in English and include:
• Your full name
• Date of birth
• Title of your degree
• Date of completion – even if you have not yet formally graduated
If your last ECTS/credits are given at the graduation ceremony, you must wait until they have been registered.
3) Provide us with information we can use for online verification of your degree
Send an email to admissions@ku.dk from yourself or your university with a link to an online verification service in English. Via the online verification service, we must be able to verify:
• Your full name
• Date of birth
• Title of your degree
• Date of completion – even if you have not yet formally graduated
If your last ECTS/credits are given at the graduation ceremony, you must wait until they have been registered.
Required documentation for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
If you apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, you must collect and upload the following documentation to the application portal.
You must upload a short letter of motivation (approximately 500 words) in English if you wish to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. Your letter of motivation must contain an explanation of:
1. Why you are applying for admission to the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme in Global Forestry (GLOFOR)
2. Why you have prioritised the chosen mobility track(s)
You may also elaborate on your planned career path upon completion of the master’s programme.
The deadline for uploading your letter of motivation is
• For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 15 January, 23:59 CET
• For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 1 March, 23:59 CET
You must upload two letters of recommendation if you wish to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
At least one of the letters must be from an academic contact (e.g., teacher, supervisor).
The letters of recommendation must include:
• An official letterhead
• Contact information of the referee: name, address and e-mail address or telephone number
• A signature of the referee.
The deadline for uploading your two letters of recommendation is
• For citizens from a country outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 15 January, 23:59 CET
• For citizens from a country within the EU, EEA, or Switzerland: 1 March, 23:59 CET
Additional information
We assess your application based solely on the required documentation, so please upload only what is requested.
You must submit all required documentation when applying. We will review these documents to determine whether your application is complete. If anything is missing, you’ll receive a message in the the application portal.
The deadline for uploading any missing documents will be 1 week from the time we contact you. We cannot extend the deadline. Make sure to check your email regularly and your spam filter too.
Please note that due to the high volume of emails we receive, we are unable to review new or revised documentation submitted before the deadline.
If we determine that you have used falsified or misleading documentation in your application, we are obliged to report it to the police, reject your application and cancel your admission.
